I was elaborating on your POV. I was speaking in a general tone not directed at you... You can't really elaborate on my point of view without any knowledge or understanding of it. It seemed to me like you were arguing against the POV of someone who exists purely in your imagination. When you quote ...

Actually, I kind of agree with some of that. ...to an extent. But, gate-keeping? Seems to me like they're trying to sell as much "AI" as they can, to anyone who's buying.

I'm not sure how any of that has anything to do with what I said. Did you actually read what you quoted? These things are tools, use 'em if you want, I don't care. I have no interest in them personally, but I didn't say any of that crap you're trying to put in my mouth. Please stop, I don't ...

I think it's just because of the widespread misconception that it's "rules". As GilesAnt says, "...it describes what is happening rather than telling you what to do..." The word "theory" means explanation, not "rules". Clearly, there are no rules. ...the rather dry study of the theory of music, with ...

But it's not "many many suffixes", it's two, a letter and a number, simples. It's the marketing folks, and people spouting nonsense on the interwebs, that cause the confusion. The actual naming convention is as simple as it can be, and if it's too much for some people, maybe they aren't ready to be ...

I think it's perfectly named, all very logical and practical, as a standard, and its naming, should be.

That's where auto-corrupt should've questioned my use of "protocol", and here I am outside the edit window.

It's letters to name the physical connectors, and numbers to name the protocol versions*. Sorry if A-B-C, 1-2-3 is too complicated for you. :tongue: I think it's perfectly named, all very logical and practical, as a protocol, and its naming, should be. Power Delivery, On-The-Go, and Thunderbolt are ...

...but now we are stuck with all the standards that went before... ...only with older devices (no one can fully undo the mistakes of the past). Give it time, I haven't seen any new products with "micros" or "minis" for a while now. :) It's just A, B, and C, which seems simple enough (and it may end ...

Michael Dow wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:25 am and usb c has not helped most people...

Well, it did away with four or five different flavors of micro-this and mini-that, so I'd say it's been extremely helpful to most people, whether they realize it (or understand it) or not.

I realise that technically I could have done the same with PCs, but changing to Mac made me change my habits. Unfortunately for me, this trend over the last ~couple decades, of people preferring fewer options to force them to change their habitual "incessantly reconfiguring", has resulted in ...

...but there's a fair amount of cognitive function required (e.g. reading the patch name to confirm, both on the way into and out of the solo)... I'm not familiar enough with your keyboard to advise on the easiest way to set it up for quick switching without having to waste any time on extra ...

OK, makes sense, but how much control do you need for that? Do you want to make changes between (or during) individual phrases, or just between sections of a song? If the latter, then as Wonks suggests, switching between two predefined "levels" would be a lot easier (less distraction for both hands ...

At a glance, it looks pretty good! What about it makes you hesitate to recommend it for general use? I'm only relaying things second-hand from my son but it appears that you need to be online to receive calls and isn't quite as fool proof as Skype was. However, the idea looks great and my lad and ...

alexis wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:53 am ...but the less distractions for my hands while playing live the better...

I'm curious, why do you want to adjust the mid-EQ while performing?

James Perrett wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:06 pm My lad is trying to persuade all his friends to use Jami but I'm not sure that it is quite ready for general use yet.

Edit to add link

https://jami.net/

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At a glance, it looks pretty good! What about it makes you hesitate to recommend it for general use?

My intuition is to not blame the tools (the samples)... Are samples "tools" though? I'd say they're "ingredients". Use the best tools you have available that will get the job done, but ingredients, I think, should be chosen a bit more carefully. I actually did have an opposite panned, fully wet ...

I don't know... Every time I read a Sweetwater "article" I think, "This is where all the confusion (that SOS, mostly Hugh, has to straighten out) comes from!" ...and in the half dozen or so times I've tried to order something from them, only one order was completed and delivered, all others came ...

...it’s already pretty far on the clicky side for my tastes, so not sure what strategy to follow for that. Tips definitely welcome. I'd replace the drum samples with something less "metal", and more "rock", warmer and weightier, instead of the more "mechanical / industrial" sounds that work better w ...

Like James, I think it has "production / arrangement" issues more than it has "mix" issues. I think the problem with those drum sounds is that they're meant to go with that "too scooped" sound that you say you don't want. I'm not suggesting that you should "scoop" the guitars, but that you should ...

...I decided that as far as possible I would only use the plug-ins that came with my DAW, in my case Logic. And if I was going to venture into 3rd party plug-ins I wouldn't entertain anything that used either iLok or required a "manager" application to install and use. Generally, I'm with you on ...

There's a free version with just one kit. But if it's using modelling there's no reason why just having a single kit should be a limitation, so what do you get with the paid-for version to make it worth paying for? Why are there so many different acoustic drum kits? ;) Yes, you could make a modeler ...

...or use physical modeling instead of samples.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/mododrum/

...for example.

Wonks wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 9:01 pm It’s a bit like a guitar string dropping in pitch slightly a few seconds after plucking it.

Yes. ...wish I'd thought to put it like that.

Wasn't meant solely for the OP, and it never hurts (with synths or samples) to increase your understanding of how the real world acoustics work. I agree that the brain's interpretation of pitch can be a bit "fuzzy", but in most cases, when tuning drums, I think it's safe to assume that the loudest ...